Piper AEROSTAR 601P N8045J

Summary

On 24 August 1985 at about 22:00 local time, a Piper AEROSTAR 601P registered N8045J was involved in an accident near San Angelo, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 August 1985 at 22:00

Classification

Accident

Location

San Angelo, Texas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Piper AEROSTAR 601P

Registration

N8045J

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

San Angelo → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW85LA332

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT HAD RECENTLY PURCHASED THE ACFT AND RECEIVED 25 HRS DUAL INSTRUCTION TO COMPLY WITH HIS INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS. SHORTLY THEREAFTER HE WENT OUT SOLO TO PRACTICE STEEP TURNS.HE CLIMBED TO 12,500 FT AND LEVELED OFF. HE THEN ROLLED INTO A 60 DEG LEFT BANK AT 200 KTS AIRSPEED BY APPLYING LEFT AILERON AND BACK PRESSURE. HE THEN APPLIED MODERATE LEFT RUDDER. AT THIS TIME THE NOSE CAME UP, THE RIGHT WING CAME OVER THE TOP, THE NOSE TUCKED DOWN AND THE ACFT ENTERED A STEEP NOSE DOWN SPIN. IN HIS ATTEMPT TO STOP THE SPIN THE PLT SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGS. HE GOT THE SPIN STOPPED AFTER 15 TO 20 TURNS. HE STARTED PULLING THE NOSE UP AND THE STALL BUFFET WAS FELT. ALT WAS 500 FT AGL AT THIS TIME AND HE WASUNABLE TO RESTART THE ENG. HE THEN MADE A GEAR UP LANDING IN A PASTURE WHICH RESULTED IN DESTRUCTION OF THE ACFT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.